Using the Mirror tools

- The mirror command inside of SOLIDWORKS…allows us to take one sketch entity or multiple…sketch entities, and just mirror it over a center line.…To do so, I have this sketch entity here I want…to mirror over one of these lines.…If you click on the Mirror command up here at the top,…notice I've got these already selected in this box.…If you didn't, you can just go ahead and select them now.…And this tool is pretty self-explanatory.…You pick which entities you want to mirror and…you choose what you want to mirror about.…In this case here, I'm going to choose this.…Click on OK, and quickly it mirrors it directly over there.…

If I happen to move this shape, it still mirrors it over it.…Adjusts on-the-fly based upon being mirrored.…Same thing over here.…Select an entity or not, I can select it afterwards.…Choose to mirror about this line here,…it drops it down here, click OK, and there it is.…Now I can move this one around and it moves…it both on this side, as well as on that side of the mirror.…And one more time for good luck, select Mirror Entities.…

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1/26/2017

Get up to speed with SOLIDWORKS 2017 and unlock the benefits of the latest version of the software. In this course, Gabriel Corbett dives into essential tools and modeling concepts necessary to create manufacturing-ready parts and assemblies, detailed drawings, and a bill of materials. To begin, learn about the new features, and see how to how to use the basic sketch tools to create two-dimensional sketches that become the foundation for 3D objects. Next, look at modeling 3D features, creating complex objects using the Sweep, Loft, and Surface tools, and modifying parts. Explore more advanced modeling techniques using equations, mirroring, and patterning tools, and learn best practices for putting parts together in assemblies and building robust structures. The course wraps up with how to create drawings that relate the final parts and assemblies to a manufacturer, complete with an itemized bill of materials and drawing notes.